Movie fans and spiritual seekers, unite In Cinema Nirvana, meditation teacher and award-winning film critic Dean Sluyter illuminates the hidden enlightenment teachings of Casablanca, Jaws, The Graduate, The Godfather, Memento, and ten other classic films, revealing spiritual wisdom in everything from 007's secret weapons to the colors of the Seven Dwarfs' eyes.

So grab your popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind opened. Cinema Nirvana is a funny but wise, practical but wildly entertaining guide to finding enlightenment--one movie...

The Ten Commandments tell us how to behave, but they don't say much about the inner awareness from which outer behavior springs. Do the right thing, of course-- but better yet, find your inner light and doing the right thing becomes as natural as breathing. THE ZEN COMMANDMENTS offers ten powerful nudges toward that light.

Drawing on sources from Zen stories and the Bible to jazz and rock 'n' roll, from American movies to Tibetan meditative techniques, Dean Sluyter steers clear of dogma and emphasizes what works-- a sort of spiritual street smarts. He shows that the state of...

NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDSGOLD-MEDAL WINNER FOR 2015
There s no trying in meditation.
Just as water runs naturally downhill just as leaves float naturally to the ground we can all settle naturally into meditation. Not trying, just allowing not doing, just being.
The key is effortlessness. Whether you re a complete novice or you ve tried it before, if you can breathe you can meditate. Guided by veteran teacher Dean Sluyter s easy-going, down-to-earth approach, you ll test-drive a variety of meditative vehicles, such as breath, sound, the senses, the sky, and the...